Cryptocurrencies

New York Magazine has revealed new details about the prison life of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), who is serving a 25-year sentence. According to the publication, the 34-year-old entrepreneur takes «Adderall» daily for clinical depression and attention deficit disorder, and is also writing a prison memoir titled Manfred. His plans for life after release he…

Activity on the «meme-coin factory» Pump.fun has noticeably declined. The protocol's key metrics, such as token launches and fees, have been falling since August. According to a Dune dashboard, the share of new assets that completed the bonding curve fell to 0.16% in June. At its peak in March, the metric exceeded 2%.

Ethereum developers have entered the final stage of work on Glamsterdam — the network's next major upgrade. The teams have begun testing a version of the hard fork that includes the entire set of planned protocol changes. Developers are now launching so-called devnets — early test environments where new code and protocol changes are verified before…

The price of the first cryptocurrency exceeded $67,000 following reports of a truce between the US and Iran. Despite the rise, derivatives metrics signal market participants' distrust of the current rally. Hourly BTC/USDT chart on the Binance exchange.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a $55.9 billion state budget that includes a new tax on digital asset transactions. Starting January 1, 2027, brokers will be required to charge 0.2% of the value of the exchange, transfer, custody and other operations with digital assets for clients from the state. The measure was opposed by the Crypto Council for Innovation, Digital…